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Installation Overview 1-1 Installation Options 1-1 Installation DVDs 1-2

Installation Requirements 2-1 Sample Network Sizes Used in This Document 2-1 Hardware and Software Requirements 2-2 Prime Network Gateway and Database Requirements 2-2 Gateway: Minimum Hardware and Software Requirements 2-3 Gateway: CPU and Memory Requirements for Different Network Sizes 2-3 Gateway: IOPS (Input/Output Operations Per Second) for Different Network Sizes 2-5 Storage Requirements for Different Network Sizes 2-7 Remote Embedded Database Requirements 2-9 External Database Requirements 2-9 Prime Network Unit Requirements 2-10 Unit: Minimum Hardware and Software Requirements 2-10 Unit: Recommended Hardware for Different Network Sizes 2-10 Requirements for Gateway and Unit on a Single Server 2-12 Prime Network Client Requirements 2-12 Clients: Minimum Hardware and Software Requirements 2-12 Required Red Hat Services and RPMs 2-16 Required RPMs for Red Hat 6.7 2-16 Required RPMs for Red Hat 6.8 2-19 RPMS Dependent on Above Listed Packages 2-23 Required RPMs for Red Hat 6.9 2-23 Required RPMs for Red Hat 6.10 2-25 Required RPMs for Red Hat 7.4 2-27 Required RPMs for Red Hat 7.5 and Red Hat 7.7 2-28 RHEL 7.x: Required RPMs for Oracle Database 12c 2-30 Required Ports for Prime Network 2-32 Prime Network Server, HTTP, TCP, and UDP Ports 2-32

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Prime Network Integration Layer Ports 2-35

Preparing for the Installation 3-1 Gateway Preinstallation Tasks--Embedded Database 3-1 Gateway Preinstallation Tasks--External Database 3-3 Unit Preinstallation Tasks 3-4 Verifying the Installed Operating System 3-5 Verifying the RPMs Required on Red Hat for Prime Network 3-5 Starting the Oracle Listener (External Database) 3-6 Configuring the Network Timing Protocol 3-6 Finding NTP Process in Server 3-8 Killing NTP Process in Server 3-8 IPv4 and IPv6 Compliance Considerations 3-8 UNIX Services and Components Used by Prime Network 3-10

Preparing the Oracle External Database 4-1 Using an External Database: General Guidelines 4-1 Creating an External Oracle Database 4-2 Configuring the External Database 4-5 Configuring the cursor_sharing System Parameter 4-5 Retaining Partitioning Storage Behavior 4-6 Configuring the job_queue_processes System Parameter 4-6 Configuring the audit_trail System Parameter 4-6 Disabling the Recycle Bin Option 4-7 Setting the open_cursors Parameter 4-7 Disabling Automatic Maintenance Jobs 4-8 Changing Database Ports 4-8 Configuring the Database Size and Disk Structure 4-9 Configuring Oracle to Start Automatically When Prime Network Restarts 4-9 Preventing Passwords in the Default Profile from Expiring 4-10 Maintaining the External Database 4-11 Maintaining Archive Log File Disk Space 4-11 Adding Data Files to the Tablespace 4-11

Installing the Prime Network Gateway and Units Using the Installation Wizard 5-1 Prerequisites for Using the Installation Wizard 5-1 Launching the Installation Wizard 5-1 Installing the Gateway with Embedded Database Using the Installation Wizard 5-3 Installing the Gateway with External Database Using the Installation Wizard 5-7

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Installing a Unit Using the Installation Wizard 5-10

Installing the Prime Network Gateway Using CLI 6-1 Installation Overview 6-1 Installing the Prime Network Gateway With an Embedded Database 6-2 Installing the Prime Network Gateway With an External Database 6-6 Manually Creating Prime Network Database Schemas 6-11 Post Installation Tasks For the Gateway 6-13 Starting the Prime Network Gateway 6-13 Verifying Connectivity 6-15 Verifying the Connectivity to the Database 6-15 Configuring Prime Network Post-Installation 6-15 Verifying the Redirected Ports 6-18 Verifying the Drools Rules Configuration 6-19 Verifying the Monitoring (Graphs) Configuration 6-19 Verifying the Installation of Registry Directories 6-19 Adding Oracle Database Files 6-20 Updating the Database Host in the Registry for NAT 6-21 Environment Variables, Aliases, and Folders Created During Installation 6-21 Product Services Installed with Prime Network 6-23 Troubleshooting 6-24

Installing Prime Network Units 7-1 Installing a Unit 7-1 Configuring Dual Listeners 7-3 Post Installation Tasks For Units 7-4 Verifying the Prime Network Version and the Unit Processes 7-4 Verifying the Unit Configuration 7-5

Installing the Vision, Events, and Administration Clients 8-1 Launching the Clients From the Web Start Page 8-1 Installing the Prime Network Clients on Your Computer 8-3 Installing Prime Network Clients in a Remote Personal Computer 8-5 Troubleshooting Clients 8-6

Installing the Prime Network Integration Layer 9-1 Prerequisites for Installing the PN-IL 9-1 Installing the PN-IL Using the Installation Wizard 9-2 Installing the PN-IL (CLI Method) 9-4

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Enabling and Disabling the PN-IL Health Monitor 9-5 Managing FTP for Prime Network Integration Layer Server 9-5

Storage Location for PN-IL Replicated Files 9-6 Clearing the FTP Configuration for the Standalone Integration Layer Server 9-7 Changing the Ports Used by the PN-IL 9-7 Changing the NIO and SSL Ports 9-7 Changing the MTOSI Web Services Port 9-7 Changing the 3GPP Web Services Port 9-8 Changing the Alarm Web Services Port 9-8 Migrating the PN-IL from Standalone Mode to Suite Mode 9-8

Upgrading and Rolling Back Prime Network 10-1 Prime Network Upgrade Overview 10-2 Preparing to Upgrade Prime Network (Pre-Upgrade Checklist) 10-4 Supported Prime Network Upgrade and Rolling back versions 10-8 Upgrading to Prime Network 5.3 from 5.2, 5.1, 5.0, 4.3.2, 4.3.1, 4.3 (Intermediate Steps) 10-8 Upgrading to Prime Network 5.3 and Oracle 12.2.0.1 10-11 In-line RHEL Upgrade of 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 6.10, 7.4, 7.5, and 7.7 with Prime Network 5.3 and Oracle 12.2.0.1 10-11 Major RHEL Upgrade from 5.x to 6.x and 6.x to 7.x 10-12 Upgrading to Prime Network 5.3 in Suite Mode 10-13 Upgrading or Downgrading OS in HA Environment 10-14 Upgrade of OS in HA Environment 10-14 Downgrade OS in HA Environment 10-15 Configuring Clusters for Pacemaker and Corosync Setup 10-17 Verifying the Prime Network Operations Reports Upgrade from 4.0 to 5.3 10-20 Rolling Back to Earlier Prime Network Version from Prime Network 5.3 Including Oracle Rollback 10-20 Rolling Back to Earlier Oracle Version 10-21 Prerequisites 10-21 Standalone and Local HA: Rollback to Oracle 12.1.0.2 10-23 Standalone and Local HA: Rollback to Oracle 12.1.0.1 10-25 Geo DR and Local HA + Geo DR: Rollback to Oracle 12.1.0.2 10-27 Geo DR and Local HA + Geo DR: Rollback to Oracle 12.1.0.1 10-30 Rolling Back to Earlier Prime Network Version 10-34 Upgrading the Prime Network Integration Layer (PN-IL) 10-36 Upgrading PN-IL in Standalone Mode 10-36 Upgrading PN-IL in Suite Mode 10-37 Prime Network Post-upgrade Tasks 10-38

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Enable Units to Restart Automatically After they are Rebooted 10-38 Restoring Customized Crontabs 10-39 Restarting Crontab Jobs for NAT Units 10-39 Fixing the Database Entry for Vision Clients with NAT 10-39 Updating the Port Watchdog (AVM Protection) Scripts 10-40 Restore Links Between Devices and Cloud VNEs 10-40 Support for Third-Party VNEs 10-40 Command Builder Scripts 10-40 Gathering DB Statistics in First 24 Hours 10-41 Integration Changes 10-41

Adding Managed Elements to the Database Manually for PC-FM Resync 10-41 Upgrading the Embedded Database to Oracle 12.2.0.1 10-42

Example-Upgrading the Embedded Database to Oracle 12.2.0.1 10-43 Upgrading the Embedded Database to Oracle 12.2.0.1 in a HA Setup with Geographical Redundancy and Oracle ADG 10-44

Example-Upgrading the Embedded Database to Oracle 12.2.0.1 in a HA Setup with Geographical Redundancy and Oracle ADG 10-45

Uninstalling Prime Network 11-1 Uninstalling a Prime Network Gateway 11-1 Uninstalling a Gateway with an Embedded Database 11-2 Uninstalling Cisco Prime Network Units 11-2 Uninstalling the Cisco Prime Network Clients 11-3 Uninstalling Prime Network Manually 11-3 Uninstalling the PN-IL Using CLI 11-4 Uninstalling the PN-IL Using the Wizard 11-4 Uninstalling Pacemaker Corosync Configuration 11-4

Next Steps 12-1 Launching the Prime Network GUI Clients 12-1 Verifying That Backups Are Set Up 12-2 Enabling Network Discovery 12-3 Setting Up Transaction Manager 12-4 Setting Up VMware vCenter to Forward Events 12-4 Integration with Cisco Multicast Manager (CMM) 12-4 Setting Up Integration with Cisco Multicast Manager 12-5 Setting Up Traps for CMM 12-5 Removing Cisco Multicast Manager Integration from Prime Network 12-6 Using Chinese Characters with Oracle A-1

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Using Chinese Characters with Windows Clients A-3 Displaying Chinese Characters in the GUI A-3

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